Birgitta (Cristiernsdotter) Vasa (bef. 1494 - aft. 1566)

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Brita (Cristiernsdotter) Vasa is a member of the House of Vasa.

Brita Cristiernsdotter was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Brita was the daughter of Kristiern Vasa, cabinet minister and in charge of Kalmar Castle, and Dordi Eriksdotter Banér.

She married the master of coin, Didrik Myntmästare and they had a daughter, [Didriksdotter-8|Elisabet Didriksdotter]], together. He died in 1527 and she married Mats Persson Upplänning. Didrik was not of a noble family which meant that Brita lost all her privileges. She regained those in her second marriage.

In 1536 she was once again a widow and she bought an estate in Uppland from her cousin, king Gustav I Vasa.

Brita died after 1566.

Estates

Inherited together with her sister Märta Örbyhus from their father. They later sold it to their cousin king Gustav I Vasa.

Sources

• Vasa, Adelsvapen
• Vasaätten, Nordisk familjebok (1921) pp 771-772, Runeberg.org